Thomas Petters and Petters Group Worldwide defrauded investors of morethan $3 billion in scams based on false invoices from bogus "sales" ofelectronics to wholesale clubs such as Sam's and Costco, federalprosecutors say. Petters allegedly used the scam to induce investmentsin the "venture capital arm" of his network, PCI (Petters Co. Inc.)

Petters and his companies face numerous civil lawsuits from angry investors.

Hereare the defendants in this federal complaint: Thomas Joseph Petters dbaPetters Company Inc. dba Petters Group Worldwide LLC dba PCI, DeannaColeman aka Deanna Munson, Robert White, James Wehmhoff, Larry Reynoldsdba Nationwide International Resources aka NIR, Michael Catain dbaEnchanted Family Buying Company, Frank E. Vennes Jr. dba Metro GemFinance dba Metro Gem Inc. dba Grace Offerings of Florida LLC dba MetroProperty Financing LLC dba 38 E. Robinson LLC dba 55 E. Pine LLC dbaOrlando Rental Pool LLC dba100 Pine Street Property LLC dba OrangeStreet Tower LLC dba Cornerstone Rental Pool LLC dba 2 South OrangeAvenue LLC dba Hope Commons LLC dba Metro Gold Inc., Ritchie CapitalManagement et al. (intervenor), Douglas A. Kelley and William Procida(receivers).